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PS4 to outsell Xbox One at launch, predicts Pachter

Michael Pachter shares his thoughts on the launch sales for PS4 and Xbox One.

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JoGam3859d ago

He might be right this time around.

Abash3859d ago

These groundbreaking and incredibly bracing predictions Pachter makes is why he gets paid the big bucks!

PoSTedUP3859d ago

lol, Right... i had a Hard time putting my finger on this one, how Does he do it?? an incredible man he Is i must say.

georgeenoob3859d ago Show
BattleAxe3859d ago

My predictions:

- PS4 to outsell Xbox One at launch and in lifetime sales by around a 2:1 ratio

- PS Vita to sell an average of 10 million units per year as of the $199.00 price drop.

- PS Vita TV to outsell PS4, Xbox One, PS Vita Handheld, WiiU and every other set top box/microconsole on the market once it releases in the west. Sony's Internet TV service to be the center piece of this new console.

- PS3 to sell like hotcakes, surpassing 100 million in lifetime sales within the next two years

scott1823859d ago

Nice stealth troll georgenoob.... And some complain that sony fans are bad.

n4rc3859d ago

Its not stealth trolling... Its common sense.. Lol

Most of us rational people know $100 difference almost guarantees more units sold.. that was never in question

Is it 4:1? God no... 3:2? Maybe.. 4:3 is getting closer imo

BG115793859d ago (Edited 3859d ago )

@Georgenoob, because it is less expensive, it doesn't mean it has less quality.
Can I use the current generation of consoles to justify what I'm saying or are you arguing that the 360 is trash?

scott1823859d ago

Of course the price point is a big draw for consumers. But even when the ps4 was priced at $460 it sold out in a day at no.1 on amazon. And yes, making it seem like the ps4 is in some way lower quality and only popular because of price is trolling.

badz1493859d ago (Edited 3859d ago )

M-I-C-H-A-E-L P-A-C-H-T-E-R

that's correct, right? cause I want to write it in here;

http://vublex.com/wp-conten...

I WANT HIS JOB! make dumb statements, wrong predictions ALL THE TIME and predictions even Captain Obvious will be proud of and still make money!

Ezz20133859d ago (Edited 3859d ago )

@georgeenoob

sony have the price (fact), the better hardware (Fact), and the quality

MysticStrummer3859d ago

@George - Sony has both the lower price and the higher quality.

Bathyj3859d ago

So George, you're saying ps4 WILL in fact outsell Xbone, as well as people only bought X360 over Ps3 because it was cheaper?

Is THAT what you're saying?
Can I quote you on that?

TheOneEyedHound3859d ago

I am getting tired of you guy putting down Patcher, he has proven to be a great predictor./s

TheLyonKing3859d ago

Misconception he gets paid to predict.

tuglu_pati3859d ago

no sh@t and the sky is blue.

mistertwoturbo3859d ago

In other news, Water is wet

insomnium23859d ago

LOL @ goerge with his can of worms...

andibandit3859d ago

Did any of you bother too look at the actual video or did you just read this article and decide to spew hate ???. Michael Pachter was asked a direct question about how many units would be sold, and he answered it....Big Deal.....effing lemmings on this site

Boody-Bandit3858d ago (Edited 3858d ago )

@andibandit
"effing lemmings on this site"

Yet here you are.

OT:
You don't have to be an analyst to know this. Sony has the cheaper price point, more powerful hardware, positive press and (IMO since the 1st 3 are facts and this is my opinion) better 1st party studios.

Ezz20133858d ago

one thing though ,
Can Pachter predicts when he will stop predicting ?!

d3nworth13858d ago

The PS4 is leading in preorders so that was kind of a no brainer.

pixelsword3858d ago

@ georgegreenbob:

I'm not saying you're butthurt, but...

http://24.media.tumblr.com/...

At any rate, this is kind of a given since a lot of votes and opinions went towards the PS4 that I've seen.

Kryptix3858d ago

"Price always comes before quality in the eyes of most consumers, it's not that hard of a prediction." -georgeenoob

lol Funny how these Xbots talk about it's just the price making the difference not the quality. When the Xbox 360 is selling cheaper than the PS3 and doing better just in the US, it's the other way around and they say it's quality. Ignoring the RRoD fiasco and blindly not acknowledging that it's in 3rd place worldwide. Idiots...

"Most of us rational people know $100 difference almost guarantees more units sold.. that was never in question" -n4rc

That's not the case with the PS3 outselling the Xbox 360 in worldwide sales. Playstation always had the better quality for the price thus selling more units and in less time.

And right here ladies and gentlemen is another case of Playstation doing better than Xbox for a 3rd time.

UltimateMaster3858d ago

Big deal.
My dog could have made that prediction.
Give him 100 000$ per year.
lol

They are paid to be precise, not random.
You just need to look at VGChartz and see the tendency.

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QuickdrawMcgraw3859d ago (Edited 3859d ago )

I might have to side with georgeenoob on his remarks,only because a lot of gamers chose price over quality last gen.Though the difference this time is lower price will still buy you quality.

d3nworth13858d ago

Thats not really the case. America was the only country where the 360 outsold the Ps3. The Ps3 had a slight lead in Europe and dominated the 360 in Japan with the higher price. This gen there are other reasons. MS did a terrible job of communicating to the public. MS pissed off alot of gamers with the DRM and retarded restrictions. As soon as Sony said they weren't doing any of that crap PS4 preorders were through the roof. MS priority with the xbox 1 isnt games. All they talked about was TV and sports. The first xbox 1 ad was about football they didnt show any games. The only reason the xbox 1 is more expensive is cuz of the camera. Which MS already confirmed that you don't need it to use the console but they are still forcing it on you anyway.

Felonycarclub83859d ago

Lmfao this might be the first time that he will be right lol

vigilante_man3859d ago

This is the man who only a few months ago predicted that XB1 would wipe the floor with PS4 stating they would easily win the next gen console war.

Glad I don't pay this guy's wages!

BOLO3858d ago

M$FT will slide him a bill or two to say the opposite before Xbone launches. Pachter: "My powers of deduction tell me teh CloUd and Kinect with an NSA launch title will boost the XBone's sales lead over PS4".

Karpetburnz3859d ago

PS4 is cheaper and 50% more powerful, Xbox fanboys be mad.

Thunderhawkxbox3859d ago

In Sony fan boys dreams ? Name me one game so far coming out for ps4 can beat Ryse on graphics bf4 even looks better on Xbox one guess what I played it on actuall Xbox one console at London have u got anything else to say ?

Caffo013859d ago

Infamous ss destroys ryse graphically and it's an open world too.
Now tell me.. Oh wait, You only have 1 Bubble...

n4rc3859d ago

Its not 50% more powerful... That figure was pulled out of a bloggers ass...

It has advantages in some areas, yes.. But thats it.. There is no 50% across the board and zero evidence in the games themselves.

ThatCanadianGuy5143858d ago

^

The GPU is literally almost 50% better in all aspects.

The ram is also better in every way.

It is significantly more powerful then xbone in all regards.People can nitpick and argue the finer % points but it doesn't matter, it's way, way more powerful in the end.No matter how much spinning, theories and outright lights certain xbox fans try to spew.

noctis_lumia3858d ago

Thunderhawkxbox killzone shadow fall looks better than ryse god of war QTE edition

and keep sayin that xbox games are better looking lol i wanna see you face once the leagues of naughty dogs studios will unleash their games in 2 years from now

Beastforlifenoob3858d ago

F**CK the 50% rumour that rumour was "johnny said to this guy which said to this guy which said to me and it might be 50%"

Seriously, stop taking rumours as facts or you will be severly dissapointed.

Buy the console for the exclusives, the third party games are going to be identical (both consoles have good eclusives, PS4 has better thou in my opinio)

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Bathyj3859d ago

Now he's just staying the obvious, trying to get that win:loss ratio up.

vigilante_man3858d ago

Just in... Christmas Day to be on December 25th this year.. Patcher predicts!

andibandit3858d ago

he was answering a listeners question, but nevermind, hes damned whatever his answer

dj3boud3859d ago (Edited 3859d ago )

You are spitting out the obvious, Pachter.

GamerzElite3859d ago

He is fooling himself. A couple of month before He predict just opposite what he is saying now.

GhostofHorizon3859d ago

I remember that, apparently Skype was the killer feature that was going to take X1 far above in sales compared to PS4.

Ps4Console3859d ago

That wasn't very hard to predict considering the mess Ms are in with the Xbox One .

WarThunder3859d ago (Edited 3859d ago )

Really? No s*** Pachter!

Retroman3859d ago (Edited 3859d ago )

FLASH!!!! this just in:

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details at 11

3-4-53859d ago

Pre-orders were 124 PS4's for every 64 XB1's at Gamestop until they ran out and then started taking more pre-orders.

I would assume that if PS4 sells 2 million consoles, XB1 will sell 1-1.5 million

Infamouskat3859d ago

He would be pointing out the obvious though.

Imalwaysright3859d ago

@ n4rc. Is that what happened with the 360 and the PS3?

Magicite3858d ago

because stating obvious requires analytic skills.

Pogmathoin3858d ago

All of a sudden Pachter is right. He used to be full of crap....apparently....

Hicken3858d ago

He's still full of crap. Just because he sometimes states the obvious doesn't make him any less of a tool when it comes to predicting.

Love how folks always wanna try to play that card you just pulled, completely ignoring good sense in the process.

Pogmathoin3857d ago

Common sense? On this site.... Right! Either you say PS4 is almighty or go home. Anyone who gives a good explanation on why they like X1 is hammered, no matter how valid. I myself like gaming, so will have both, but tired of the backed up Sony fanboy crap.... Its gone too far, unchecked.... Saying it was the other way 8 years ago does not cut it....

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inf3cted13859d ago

Its funny how he gets payed for predicting these.

badz1493859d ago

yeah...I would rather he shut his mouth as he's gonna jinx it with this!

Austin483859d ago (Edited 3859d ago )

Patcher is always predicteding something lol

xc7x3859d ago

I predict Patcher will predict again [puts head down and walks away,ok not really,i'm still at the desk typing]

shinrock3859d ago

OOOHHHHHHHHHHH! now i see how the site works.nowwwww Patcher is on point. LMFAO!

Bathyj3859d ago

Yeah, we agree with him when we think he's right, and disagree when we think he's wrong. Why is that unusual? That's not this site, that's everyone in the world. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

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How to recruit Lam in Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes

Lam is among the 120 characters available for recruitment in Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes. While she is one of the many straightforward recruits, a known bug may prevent players from recruiting her if certain conditions are met. Despite developers’ assurances of fixing the bug, some early access players still encounter issues with recruiting Lam despite attempting the standard method.

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Tomb Raider Remastered just quietly censored one in-game detail

Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered players are ticked off by the game’s most recent patch, which censors in-game pin-up posters of Lara Croft.

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rlow111h ago

This is why gaming is screwed. When people change things to fit someone’s agenda, it’s a slippery slope downhill.

Christopher11h ago(Edited 11h ago)

Even if that agenda is of the developer? Way to remove developer rights.

***One player called it a “huge problem with modern games,” saying they can now be “ruined AFTER people buy them”.***

The level of drama. Yes, I recall sitting there for more hours than I did anything else in the game. These two pinups are the core of the game, after all!

coolbeans9h ago(Edited 9h ago)

rlow1's cringe catastrophizing aside, I do think developers *ought* to strive to maintain an original work to the best of their ability. The language of a "remaster" tacitly implies that - for good or ill - what's being resold is what fans remember but better.

Profchaos9h ago

Games can be ruined after purchasing them yeah we know this not from this but from GTA IV which had half it's radio content patched out due to licensing expirations and to me that was a huge deal.

This pin up poster is a bit of nonsense but the whole argument of modern games can be ruined post launch is Absol true.

DedicatedDark8h ago(Edited 8h ago)

It's not their work to censor. They are incharge of restoration & remastering the work, not overwriting it.

Barlos7h ago

It's not the agenda of the developer though, they're pandering and trying to increase their ESG score.

Way to support censorship...

victorMaje7h ago

It’s not the end of the world for sure, but I understand the hate towards this kind of change. I believe it’s also a matter of principle.

Imagine a Picasso painting being restored & the restorer deciding there aren’t enough strokes, or some lines aren’t straight enough or curved enough…not sure it would/should sit well with people.

Have all original devs signed off on this change? Even if it’s the case, are we saying older gamers are better mentally equipped to process what was there than current gamers, hence the change?

Enough time ago the case was made that games are an art form. We’re supposed to have won that case.
So which is it? Are games art or not?

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Eidolon7h ago

Hasn't this been happened for over a decade since remasters? I can't see that it's any worse now. Maybe if Sweet Baby starts getting their hands on remasters we will definitely have a problem.

Rebel_Scum10h ago

tbh I dont see something like this as censorship. Does anyone else not find it strange for someone to stick pin ups of themsleves in a locker room?

Now of it was a pin up of some half naked firefighters it might make sense as Lara might like that, and if they removed that I would cry censorship. But removing pin ups of the main character, yeah I get it.

Barlos7h ago(Edited 7h ago)

It's a game, and they were placed there for the audience. It's not real life. If it was, she wouldn't have fought a T-Rex now would she?

Yes, it's censorship but it's a bit less in your face. If they were in the original game, then they should have been in the remasters. It's bad enough that they have that ridiculous unnecessary warning at the start, but then they start removing things post launch. I don't care how small the change, they shouldn't be doing it. It's nothing but ESG pandering but in a subtle way.

Rebel_Scum6h ago

Look bro, if you have pictures of yourself naked on a bear skin rug up in your house let me tell you, its not normal.

jambola5h ago

I wasn't aware censorship was based on what made sense to you

Rebel_Scum4h ago

Likewise, what a stupid comment.

jambola4h ago

I agree
Your comment was pretty stupid

Rebel_Scum4h ago

I never said censorship is based on what I say dumbass. Just because I dont see this as censorship doesnt mean I’m saying others cant.

How about you come at me with your opinion rather than snarky comments with no thought on the matter.

SimpleDad7h ago

By the year 2030, this remaster collection will totally be changed and censored. Probably will remove Lara as a playable character. It's ridiculous. Glad that my family didn't buy this.
I still have Tomb Raider 2 PS1 as a memory.

jambola5h ago

Those shorts are a little revealing
Should probably make them snow pants

Barlos4h ago

They'll probably make her trans

CobraKai6h ago

It’s mentioned in the article, and it’s a point i 100% agree with, it’s the fact that they can censor a game after you buy it. That’s total bullshit.

Killer2020UK6h ago

Whilst it's an overreaction to say this has "ruined" the game, it's still problematic that this has happened post launch and for many, post-purchase.

I don't want someone to change a product for the worse after I've bought it. The same goes for implementing micro transactions after reviews.

I wonder why they did this? Nobody was kicking up a fuss as far as I'm aware.

maykhausonninh6h ago

Nobody was kicking up a fuss as far as I'm aware.

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Final Fantasy III Pixel Remaster Review – You Are Your Job, Apparently

Gary Green said: In a time where an enhanced, 3D remake of Final Fantasy III already exists, it’s hard to argue that Final Fantasy III Pixel Remaster is the definitive version we were expecting. With Final Fantasy III already being the last in the series to be translated and make its way west, this is something of a slap in the face for the fans. Still, let’s not be disheartened. There may be many shortfalls in this edition of Final Fantasy III, however there’s no denying that this classic JRPG still holds some nostalgic value, even if it struggles to break away from its original hardware limitations.

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FACTUAL evidence11h ago(Edited 11h ago)

It’s funny I’m seeing these articles about pixel remaster, and I just platinumed 1-4 within 8 days lol. I’ve been on FF5 for about a week now. Let’s just say 5 was the start of FF having content like crazy. I should have the plat within 2-3 days.

MrBaskerville2h ago

The game being an accurate represantation of the original was not a slap in the face to the fans. The 3D remasters looked like ass (visually) tbh.